25 posts categorized "Out and About"

January 08, 2014

About a month ago, my husband and I went to Merritt's Store & Grill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to get some lunch. Merritt's is one of our favorite places to eat, and it is always busy. They have minimal inside seating plus a few tables for eating outside. That day the inside seating was taken, and it was way too chilly for dining outside. We ate in my husband's Explorer. This included lip and finger licking. We each had a cup of soup and we shared a burger. The soup was BLT, and it was so...good.

Monday three of my cousins came over to visit, and I offered to fix lunch. With my mother, there were five of us. I thought of BLT soup, and even though I didn't have a recipe, I made up my own. Of course, I had to accompany the soup with grilled cheese sandwiches. Everyone loved it, so I am going to share what I did with you. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a photo. The photo I am sharing is from Merritt's Facebook page. My cousin, Teresa, brought dessert from Cheesecake Factory. Totally worthy of another sigh.

August 22, 2011

Recently my husband and I had brunch at Guglhupf. We had a free weekend morning, and we knew just where we wanted to dine.

Guglhupf Bakery & Patisserie opened here in November 1998 to enthusiastic customers standing in a line snaking out to the parking lot, and we were in that line. And, in September 2004 doors opened to the long anticipated Guglhupf Café in its architecturally unique building adjacent to the bakery.

Order at the counter, and they bring your meal to your table.

I ordered a frittata with caramelized onions, green tomatoes and gruyere cheese.

July 28, 2011

My husband and I are taking a "staycation" this week, and Monday morning we decided to drive over to Time Out in Chapel Hill to try one of the famous and certainly cholesteral boosting breakfasts.

We had read about Time Out and seen reviews on television. It is in the heart of downtown Chapel Hill on Franklin Street. Please note that being Duke fans we made the decision to visit in the summer while so many of "those Tarheels" are on summer break. Time Out is open 24/7 365 days a year. It is a well-loved Chapel Hill tradition.

I opted for the famous chicken, cheese and egg biscuit, and I admit it was delicious. But, it was enough to split three ways, and I finished about one-third of mine. I felt stuffed, and the only other thing I ate that day was some toast for dinner.

My sweet husband had the country fried steak, grits, scrambled eggs and a biscuit. He polished off most of his, and he said it was delicious.

This was a fun experience, and we had it on our list of places to try. I do believe it was a one time experience though. We spoke with the owner, and he informed us they had recently opened another Time Out on Hillsborough Street across from NC State University in Raleigh, and they are looking for a location near Duke University in Durham.

September 06, 2010

Our community post office is in a small shopping complex. We noticed a sign in a vacant store front that it would soon be an Only Burger. This shopping complex is also the location where we take my mother to the beauty shop each Saturday. We first noticed the sign months ago. The sign said "Coming Soon", but as the months have passed we wondered how they defined soon.

I've heard people at work mention that they got a burger from the Only Burger truck, but we had never seen it. Yesterday morning we were reading the local newspaper, and came upon an article about Only Burger.

I found there site, and it has a feature to show you where you can currently locate the truck. We headed over, and we tried one of their Breakfast Burgers. It is a grilled bun spread with pimiento cheese and topped with a juicy burger, fried egg and fried green tomato. What can I say other than Yum, Yum, Major Yum. We will definitely be following Only Burger.

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